Winston Backus

Winston O. Backus
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
1971–1979
Preceded byIra McLaughlin
Succeeded byElmer Borstad
ConstituencyGrande Prairie
Minister of Public Works
In office
September 10, 1971 – March 1975
Preceded byAlbert Ludwig
Succeeded byWilliam Yurko
Personal details
Born
Winston Osler Backus

(1920-10-12)October 12, 1920
Eckville, Alberta, Canada
DiedJune 15, 2020(2020-06-15) (aged 99)
Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Spouse(s)Valmai Rubena Hughes[1]
Myrtle Ruth Loewen (m.1971)
ChildrenDavid, Richard, Robert, Elizabeth; step-children: Reid, Wayne, Donald, Myrna
Alma materUniversity of London
Occupationdoctor, surgeon

Winston Osler Backus (October 12, 1920 – June 15, 2020) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1979, and he served as Minister of Public Works in the cabinet of Premier Peter Lougheed from 1971 to 1975. The son of Percy Lavern and Verna Henrietta Backus, he was born in Eckville, Alberta in 1920.[2] He died in June 2020 at the age of 99.[3]

Political career

Backus ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1971 Alberta general election. He defeated Social Credit candidate William Bowes by a few hundred votes in the electoral district of Grande Prairie to pick up the district for the Progressive Conservatives.[4] After the election Premier Peter Lougheed appointed Backus Minister of Public Works in his first cabinet. In the 1975 general election he was returned to office with a landslide victory over three other candidates.[5] Backus was left out of cabinet after the 1975 election. He served out the rest of his term as a private member and retired at dissolution of the assembly in 1979.

References

  1. ^ Legendary lamp in the spotlight at nursing association's archives: [Final Edition] PAUL MARCK Journal Staff Writer. Edmonton Journal; Edmonton, Alta. [Edmonton, Alta]29 Apr 1993: B3.
  2. ^ "The Canadian Parliamentary Companion". 1976.
  3. ^ WINSTON OSLER BACKUS obituary
  4. ^ "Grande Prairie results 1971". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved December 7, 2009.
  5. ^ "Grande Prairie results 1975". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved December 7, 2009.


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